One in Four Would Trade Rights for Security: Poll

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Point taken.That reminded me of a story of an explosives expert who was very good at his job--- until the day he cut a fuse too short! However,just what did your neighbor "space" from? Was he under the influence of something that impaired his mental process? (this was meant to be a response to plain_ speaking. I clicked the wrong button)

Freedom ... your freedom, as included in our freedom ... is DANGEROUS. If you would live in freedom, in an open society, without the government reaching into your life to "protect" you, you are at risk, and you will remain at risk as long as you cherish that freedom over the sense of safety you may find under the watchful eye of your government. There is, and there should continue to be, a constant battle at the line between government's proper role and its improper intrusion into the lives of the citizens who OWN IT.  Democracy is a messy, noisy, unstable means of governance and a proper expression of those qualities is the messy, noisy and unstable squabble that continues to define the ever-shifting line between the former and the latter.  What is an unacceptable intrusion at one time, under one set of circumstances, is acceptable, even necessary, at others and the line will move continuously and the movement will be marked by much uproar and a great deal of emotion. Welcome to democracy. The fundamental problem is the fact that governments across the ages have always siezed more and more power and relinquished that power only upon being forced.  Institutions morph from their original purposes to become fundamentally, and primarily self-preserving and their actions are bent toward that end.  A government will act to increase its power and it will use that power to protect and perpetuate itself.  At some point this will conflict with your freedom. You must consider for yourself and determine if that intrusion, that conflict with your freedom, is worth the sense of protection you have been provided.  If it is, fine.  If not, you must act in your own behalf, and in concert with people who share your concusion. Do not expect this to ever be settled.  It can't be.  It will continue to be an arena of conflict and discord as long as there is any degree of democracy in the nation. Welcome to democracy.

4 in 4 already have. I don't know who that Guest guy is, but the moderators must hate him!